The Changing Meaning of Kitsch: From Rejection to Acceptance - Rilegato

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ISBN 10: 3031166310 ISBN 13: 9783031166310

Casa editrice: Palgrave Macmillan, 2023

Riassunto

This book inaugurates a new phase in kitsch studies. Kitsch, an aesthetic slur of the 19th and the 20th century, is increasingly considered a positive term and at the heart of today’s society. Eleven distinguished authors from philosophy, cultural studies and the arts discuss a wide range of topics including beauty, fashion, kitsch in the context of mourning, bio-art, visual arts, architecture and political kitsch. In addition, the editors provide a concise theoretical introduction to the volume and the subject. The role of kitsch in contemporary culture and society is innovatively explored and the volume aims not to condemn but to accept and understand why kitsch has become acceptable today.

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Informazioni sull'autore

Max Ryynänen is Senior Lecturer of Theory of Visual Culture in Aalto University (Helsinki/Espoo)

Paco Barragán is an arts writer and curator and has earned an international PhD from the University of Salamanca (USAL), Spain

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This book inaugurates a new phase in kitsch studies. Kitsch, an aesthetic slur of the 19th and the 20th century, is increasingly considered a positive term and at the heart of today’s society. Eleven distinguished authors from philosophy, cultural studies and the arts discuss a wide range of topics including beauty, fashion, kitsch in the context of mourning, bio-art, visual arts, architecture and political kitsch. In addition, the editors provide a concise theoretical introduction to the volume and the subject. The role of kitsch in contemporary culture and society is innovatively explored and the volume aims not to condemn but to accept and understand why kitsch has become acceptable today.

Max Ryynänen is Senior Lecturer of Theory of Visual Culture and Head of the MA program Visual Culture and Contemporary Art in Aalto University (Helsinki/Espoo). 

Paco Barragan is an arts writer, curator and a PhD candidate at the University of Salamanca (USAL), Spain

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Palgrave Macmillan
• Data di pubblicazione: 2023
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 3031166310
• ISBN 13: 9783031166310
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 270
• Redattore: Ryynnen Max, Barragn Paco
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